CXW CoreCivic, Inc.

Did the company actually spend money buying back stock in 3+ of the last 4 quarters?

Bought back stock in 3/4 quarters. Q2 2026: $43M, Q1 2026: $51M, Q3 2025: $0M, Q2 2025: $20M

Is the most recent quarter's buyback spend more than 15% above the trailing average?

Latest quarter $43M vs trailing avg $24M (+84%)

What percentage of free cash flow is going to buybacks? Bull: 30%+. Bear: negative FCF or no buybacks.

Missing buyback or cash flow data

How fast are they shrinking the float? Bull: 2%+ annually. Bear: under 0.5%.

Repurchased 76,400,000 shares = 76.4% of 100,051,000 outstanding (annualized)

Are officers and directors buying stock with their own money on the open market?

No insider open-market purchases in the last 12 months

Are both company buybacks and insider buying independently active? Bull when the company is buying back stock in 2+ quarters and insiders have made 2+ open-market purchases.

Need both buyback and insider purchase data

Over the last 90 days, are insiders net buyers or net sellers on the open market?

Insiders bought $0M, sold $7M in the last 90 days (net selling)

Active buyback + insiders net selling 3x+ more than buying. Company cash may be supporting price while insiders exit.

Company buying back stock while insiders sold 9406907.9x more than bought. 4 C-suite officers among sellers

• Grande Anthony L (EVP, Chief Development Officer) sold 801 shares on 2026-08-13
• GARFINKLE DAVID (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 3,170 shares on 2026-08-12
• GARFINKLE DAVID (EVP & Chief Financial Officer) sold 491 shares on 2026-08-13
• Mayberry Lucibeth (EVP, Chief Innovation Officer) sold 120,000 shares on 2026-08-12
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-08-03
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-07-01
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-06-01
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-05-01
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-04-01
• Carter, Cole G. (Chief Administrative Officer) sold 12,500 shares on 2026-03-02